How to Unlock Artifact Appearances

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Comentario de mikamikami

> unlocking a skin or appearance on one character will not unlock it account-wide – you must separately unlock it on other characters.

I just wonder if I should earn all the achievments on EVERY character that I want to have the skins unlocked by those achievs?For example, should I have an archaeology on my alts, and make that 16-week achievment (Abrir aquí) for two/five/ten times to unlock the artifact appearance for them? If yes, that's still okay comparing to the fact I need to complete the Gloria del héroe de Legion for every alt to get the skin O_o/cry

Comentario de Tosy

As for the PVP appearances, wouldn't "Can't be unlocked until season X" work better? IIRC they're not restricted to their season.

Comentario de PositveRoleModel

You don't need to be 110 to start unlocking additional appearances. Tint 3 of the Classic Appearance can be unlocked at 102 and Tint 4 can also be unlocked not long after as well. I was able to obtain both of those tints by level 105.

Comentario de chrth

Regarding Upgraded Tint 3:

Acquisition: This requires you to complete the two quests that set-up research Work Orders for Artifact Knowledge. Only available at level 110. Hidden History - requires that you recover 4 tomes of lore for your Artifact Weapon that are scattered around Azeroth and then Speaking to the Wind ( Shaman) or Hitting the Books (All other classes) - requires you to place a Research Work Order.

Difficulty: Easy, requires questing.

Are we sure about this? Based on the description for Parte de la historia and the fact that it follows Un artefacto diez seems to suggest that you have to research level 25 artifact knowledge to earn this achievement.

Comentario de Luomo

Helpful guide thanks. Some of the acquisition have changed since beta. It would be helpful if the amount of time required was also put next to difficulty. Only 2 of the 16 are in any way "difficult" all the others take various degrees of real world time and repetitive effort. Thanks for taking the time to write this!

Comentario de Michelanvalo

Is Tint 4 for Hidden Appearances Honor Kills or Killing Blows?

Comentario de Ironwall

any count for completing 100 dungeons and 1000 kills please? ....

Comentario de Doghealer

For those looking to track their progress towards tints 2, 3, and 4 of their hidden skin...

Type these in-game.

/run AddTrackedAchievement(11153)/run AddTrackedAchievement(11154)

Each of these lines will add an achievement tracker, just like tracking a quest. They'll track tint 3 and 4, respectively. For tint 2...well, for whatever reason, there's a bit more nuance to that. You'll need to use this command to check your total:

EDIT THE NINTH AND TOTALLY FINAL: All this edit business is taking a lot of screen space. I don't like to take what I don't need, so it's all getting shoved into a spoiler tag.

EDIT THE SECOND:

Having now actually gotten a hidden appearance myself, I now see that tint 2 might be a bit more complex than originally anticipated. When tracking tints 3 and 4, you just see a single line that says "- x/200" or "- x/1000". Tint 2 shows five lines that say "- x/100" with an ellipsis indicating there is more.

It appears that tint 2 is tracked...differently. It has twelve counters, perhaps one for each class. Fortunately, there still seems to be a way to get your progress. I had to use the original method below, but with a twist.

/dump GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,SOMENUMBER)

Do a dungeon, then keep using the above command, replacing SOMENUMBER with numbers 0 through 11. You're looking for a line that says "=X", where X is any number greater than 0. Once you find the non-zero number, that number is how many dungeons out of 100 you've done. My progress seems to be tracked under (11152,6). I'm a fire mage, so my (nearly-baseless) theory is that mages will always use (11152,6).

EDIT THE THIRD:

Alright, I give up. I have absolutely no idea how tint 2 is tracked, or if it's even working properly.

First off, I can't tell for sure whether or not the criteria index starts from 0 or 1, because (11152,0) returns data, but wowprogramming.com documentation says it starts from 1. On top of that, eleven indices makes no sense. Twelve would make sense; one per class. Ten would make sense; one per dungeon. I would guess it starts from 1, but I can't be 100% sure.

But here's where I'm really confused; I've done two dungeons with the hidden appearance. The first one incremented index 6 to 1/100. The second incremented index 3 to 1/100. (For what it's worth, they were DHT and VotW, in order, both heroic, both chosen randomly from the random heroic queue) I have absolutely no idea why two different indices were incremented. Furthermore, this has unfortunate implications concerning the hidden achievement's function. I'd guess it triggers once one of the indices reaches 100/100, which means you might be in for as many as 1090 dungeons before you finally get tint 2.

Someone really needs to figure this out.

EDIT THE FOURTH:

Who am I kidding, I'm not going to give up. I even made a quick script to make it much, much easier.

Index 7 still returns 0 for me. Perhaps it corresponds to a dungeon that never made it to live. Maybe Falanaar or Moon Guard Stronghold were originally going to be 5-mans, but got demoted. Or perhaps index 7 is going to be new Karazhan. (Do note; this is all speculation)

I ran both Arc and CoS before checking my data again, so I'm not sure which is which, but one is index 9 and the other is index 10.

I haven't been checking index 0. I checked it just now, and it returns the same value as index 1 (which, incidentally, is not equal to the value of any other index 2~11). My sum of indices 1~11 has risen by exactly one with each dungeon completed, so I believe it's safe to assume that index 1 is returned when index 0 is called.

Lastly, note that I am not statistically confident of this index=dungeon correlation. In math terms, p>0.05. Perhaps this correlation will continue as I complete more dungeons. Perhaps it won't. But I'll let you know.

EDIT THE SIXTH:

After speaking briefly with someone that knows how to code (probably even better than me), I have tentatively good news.

They report that tint 2 does indeed unlock after 100 dungeons, IE when all of the indices sum to 100. I can't confirm this firsthand, but I believe them.

As for the correlation between index and dungeon, I feel I can safely confirm that it is indeed correlated as described above. Furthermore, (I can't be quite as sure about this quite yet) it seems that index 7 corresponds to Fel Lord Betrug kills and index 8 corresponds to Sael'orn kills. Both final bosses of the same dungeon.

With all that in mind, here's a simpler script that just gives you the sum, IE, the true count of how many dungeons you've run.

As soon as I reach a sum of 100, I'll edit one last time to let you know.

EDIT THE SEVENTH:

Currently at 86/100, but editing to say: I don't know if Karazhan counts. At the very least, there does not appear to be a 12th index to reference. Not sure if this is intentional.

EDIT THE EIGHTH AND FINAL:

Hitting 100/100 total did indeed unlock tint 2. Apparently I also unlocked tint 4 at some point and got Luchar con estilo: oculto, despite having a massive aversion to PvP.

Comentario de Fajet

I recently complete Glory of the LEgion Hero achievement and it did not unlock the weapon appearance. I submitted an in game ticket and the game master told me that is not how the weapon appearance is unlocked. Noone in my dungeon team got the appearance either. The gM wouldnt tell me how to unlock it and instead said you'll have to go to wowhead or somewhere to find out, it is intended the community figures it out. Like wtf. How do i get this appearance?

Comentario de Jeolene

Nice guide, but you have failed to mention HOW to USE the appearance once you unlock them. I have a couple achievements that say they are unlocked, but it doesn't say where to go to use them and they aren't in my wardrobe.

Comentario de zengun

I've got the 3rd tint from the classic appearance, and I've not done the quest, "! A Falling Star"

Comentario de EragonEdward

I have a question about the 100 Dungeon, Does it has to be in Normal, Heroic or Mythic? and I should use the Skin at every moment (Each boss) or can I switch my artifact to an other one then switch back to final boss?

Comentario de musicallittle1

So I just died a little inside. Looks like to unlock the Valorous appearance, I have to be able to pull off a normal raid for at least four weeks to complete the questline from Emerald Nightmare. Not just once, but to gather 30 items. I really thought I would be able to get this appearance eventually, and if they never add the items to LFR my whole Legion experience is going to be shaded by disappointment.

Comentario de eromrab

I couldn't figure out how to set the artifact appearance after unlocking it... I was at the seed where I add skills to my artifact weapon and messed with the appearance tab, but nothing was happening. Come to find out, it's because I had the glyph on my darn Bear Form. Get some vanishing powder from the Supplies person at any Inscription trainer area and you're good to go.

Comentario de notoriousblaze

I guess it doesn't count mythics, done tons of them only few heroic and they're counting my heroics not mythics.

Comentario de Stoick

Good afternoon! Do you get an announcement when you've unlocked a particular tint? For instance, when I've completed 200 world quests with my hidden appearance, will it notify me or do I just have to keep checking my order hall? Thanks!

Comentario de kc8pnd

Can somebody confirm that Tint 4 can also be completed from friendly fire? I started with 0/200 after receiving the new appearance. I used the tracking command, then went into heroic Emerald Nightmare and after a night of raiding with a few wipes I came out with 200/1000. I think friendly fire may count as well.

Comentario de Steffwiz

I've created a single macro to track dungeon, world quest, and player kill progress.

/run local a={Dungeons=11152,WQs=11153,PKs=11154}for b,c in pairs(a)do local d,e=0;for f=1,GetAchievementNumCriteria(c)do local g,h=0;g,g,g,h,e=GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(c,f)d=d+h end;print(b..": "..d.."/"..e)end

Edit: I condensed the macro and included Karazhan (and any future dungeons).

Comentario de Svatozar

I was using an achiev tracker for hidden tint 4 and it appears that people deaths in raids are also counted towards it, not only pvp kills. This may be a bug though

Comentario de BookKeeper

I do not know if I am the happy victim of a bug or if this is intentional, but I have unlocked the 1000 pvp kills skin for my artifact and I have knowingly killed the grand total of 3 players in pvp. My priest has not even set one delicate little toe in a BG, so I know for sure how many people I've killed.

I have, however, done a *bleep*-ton of pvp world quests. So probably maybe those kills count towards the total.

I can't track it anymore, all unlocked and such, but someone might want to track the achievement and confirm or disprove this alternative way of getting the pvp skin.

Comentario de halotanker2010

Can i complete the emerald nightmare requirements on LFR with the valorous artifact appearance ?

Comentario de ChibiTora

Not sure if this was asked already, but do you have to unlock the appearances in order? For the Valorus, for example, while I don't have the Balance of Power quest done, I have the achievement Unleashed Monstrosities completed but I don't have the option to use the appearance for it.

Comentario de gongon

I modified the scripts on this page to give a more complete and accurate count for the dungeon achievement. I believe this includes Karazhan, too.

/run local a={WQs=11153,HKs=11154}local b=0;for i=0,12 do local _,_,_,c=GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,i)b=b+c end;print("Dungeons: "..b.."/100")for k,v in pairs(a)do local _,_,_,d,e=GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(v,1)print(k..": "..d.."/"..e)end

Comentario de SublimeChaos

Can someone confirm that us healers are basically &*!@ed if we get our healing hidden artifact first and need to complete 200 world quests with it equipped and in resto spec, or is there some other way to do this that doesn't totally neglect healers like literally all other types of content similar to this?

Comentario de hochrami

I'm not sure what's up with the Dungeon counter for the unique skin. It's telling me I've only run 7 dungeons, but that's not accurate. I ran 5 just today, and between heroic runs, mythic runs, and mythic+ runs, I should be much higher than this.

Comentario de Herotwin

Just in case someone is wondering... regarding the "Valorous" appearances...

YES, Blizzard did screw you over with these tints in this particular appearance tree. NO, you are not mistaken.YES you, you are correct, you did completed the "required" achievement to unlock the "unleashed monstrosities", "Mythic 15+", and "Glory of the Legion Hero" appearance, BUT NO you do not get to use your appearance after all of your time, effort, and hardwork/patience that went into obtaining these tints.

WHY? Because you have to complete the "Balance of Power" quest line before you will EVER get to use the other appearances that tree you worked hard to get, since blizzard said screw you guys, if you don't raid you get NONE of the other appearances. So, enjoy sitting on top of completed achievements but unavailable achievement rewards/appearances if you're not a raider or someone who doesn't have much time to raid on Normal mode EN or NH. Blizzard basically said your time and effort in the other achievements for this tree wasn't good enough, so we're going to give you this (hidden) requirement, then tell you, BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE (after you contact a GM to figure out why you aren't rewarded for completing the achievement to unlock said appearance)... it's in the fine print no one told you about.

Comentario de Fadinphoenix

For the hidden appearances that drop off bosses and other mobs, do u have to be in the spec that it is for in order for it to drop? I know It worked during 7.0 but since 7.2 I havent.

EXAMPLE:If im a resto druid can the tank appearance drop off Ursoc if Im in Resto?

As you can see, I did not clear Mindflayer Kaahrj FesterfaceIn Assault on Violet Hold, and I also did not do Nightbane in Karazhan.

Doing all of this only unlocked Tint 4 of my Challenge appearance on Vengeance, and my Havoc Challenge appearance Tint 4 is not unlocked. So this is spec specific, not character.

Comentario de Richmond79

Thank you so much for this guide - really well put together as has been a big help for me and my many alts!

Comentario de Rudy199

You do not need to kill 1000 enemies in PvP, you can just kill 1000 mobs and it will unlock too.

Comentario de rosemari23798

All I want is to be able to keep my appearances after we lose our artifact weps in my transmog lineup. I love my hidden appearance on my prot pally, it looks a little like Hamuul's mace. I'd love it if I could remember where it dropped so my Draenei pally could get it, too.

Comentario de TutorialBlox

Comentario de Estelise

So I know it's late in the xpac at this point, but to unlock the Valorous Tint 3, with the Mythic +15 dungeon, it has to be completed within the time limit, even though that's not how it reads. A bit annoying when I finally completed one and got excited that it was unlocked and then it wasn't. :(

Comentario de r3fusetox

I don't get why these appearances are character locked. I have one horde and one alliance paladin and only the horde paladin has unlocked them. Does blizzard seriously expect from me to redo all the requirements on the Same Class for a second time to get those hard earned appearances? I am not a mindless puppet, doing the same stuff over and over is not fun. I really miss the days when the only way to get a weapon appearance was to get the actual weapon to drop.

Comentario de r3fusetox

I don't get why these appearances are character locked. I have one horde and one alliance paladin and only the horde paladin has unlocked them. Does blizzard seriously expect from me to redo all the requirements on the Same Class for a second time to get those hard earned appearances? I am not a mindless puppet, doing the same stuff over and over is not fun. I really miss the days when the only way to get a weapon appearance was to get the actual weapon to drop.

Comentario de lambd1

I have a question, now that we've moved on to Battle for Azeroth (BfA) expac, and are not in Legion any longer. If I want to unlock additional tints, such as unlocking the fourth tint of the Valorous appearance by doing "Glory of the Legion Hero", do I have to be doing this with a Legion artifact weapon equipped? Or can I use the more advanced BfA weapons? I am most concerned with the tints from the Challenge Appearance (by completing a Mage Tower challenge). I completed the Mage Tower challenge very late in Legion, and I didn't get tints two or four (killing Kil'jaeden or completing all ten Legion dungeons) unlocked yet. I had done those things earlier in the expac, before I finished Mage Tower, but someone pointed out to me that the tints unlock only if you do those things *after* the base appearance gets unlocked by the Mage Tower challenge... well, it was so late in Legion by the time I conquered Mage Tower that I never went back and re-ran all the dungeons or ToS to get the 2nd and 4th tints. Now I want to do that. But hence my question: the text above suggests that you must kill Kil'jaeden with one of the artifact weapons equipped, any weapon for any spec, but it suggests that it must be a Legion artifact weapon. Ditto for clearing the ten dungeons. Do I need to re-run all ten dungeons and ToS with one of the artifact weapons to unlock these two tints now? Can't I just use the more advanced BfA weapons?